Alienware Area-51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 09G12C
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 214 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 731 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 123 103% 130 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 2.5 7MM 256GB 2,307 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 156 121 121 71 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 472 Write 266 Mixed 194 SusWrite 118 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 42.4 147% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 229 191% 277 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 95%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 202GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 156 Write 126 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 116 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 264GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 71 72 73 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 80.3 Write 73.8 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 71.9 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1 1 1 1 1 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.79% Terrible	Read 5 Write 0.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 1 2% 2.12 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 33% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 1.79% Great: 90%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 244GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 140 141 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 128 Write 139 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 141 172% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 98%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 291GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 129 128 128 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 81 Write 82.7 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 128 124% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1B1 4x4GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 35.4 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	811x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	249x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	133x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16